Takanori Oshiba
Fellow @ East Ventures
Tokyo, Japan
Takanori Oshiba is a seed investor at East Ventures in Tokyo focused on Women's and Apps. Takanori Oshiba started his career as a self-employed web designer in 1999. In 2004, he joined Samurai Factory (former Ninja Systems) as a board member before founding Comsort Inc, a venture dealing with SEO.He is also one of the most popular bloggers among the Japanese startups (his blog: http://takanoridayo.blog.shinobi.jp/).
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Takanori Oshiba invests in
Stages Takanori Oshiba invests in
Countries Takanori Oshiba invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Women's 4 (33%)
- Apps 3 (25%)
- Consulting 2 (17%)
- Health Care 2 (17%)
- Career Planning 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (75%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Medited is a web platform that specializes in online skill-learning with medical writers to create professional medical articles. | Seed / Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| CORE is a business matching app that allows women to meet and connect with each other and solve career-related problems. | Seed / Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| Napcial is an innovative AI-powered legal application designed to help couples update and personalize their wedding vows in a way that reflects their evolving relationship, values, and legal commitments. | Pre-Seed / Jul 17, 2025 | ||
| Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing. | $1M / Seed / Apr 03, 2025 | ||
| Sustainableme offers healthcare services for pre-menopausal, menopausal, and post-menopausal generations for men and women. | Seed / Mar 24, 2025 | ||
| tayorie is an automated messaging tool for transmitting sentiments and information in times of emergency. | Seed / Mar 10, 2025 | ||
| Respo is a service that enables people to save money by buying things at a discount. | $786.1K / Seed / Feb 05, 2025 | ||
| Sukidayo is a startup company that offers social services related to family and workshops for individuals, companies, and governments. | Pre-Seed / Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Menopeer engages in the development and provision of menopausal care services. | Seed / Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Meetcareer offers a career programme. The users can understand their strengths and make use of them. The company identifies organizational issues for clients to investigate further, as well as issues based on hidden real intentions. The services help users consult with a professional career counsellor online and offer a text programme that isconducted by email, enabling clients to solve career development problems. | Seed / Jun 17, 2024 | ||
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Co-Investors
About East Ventures
East Ventures is a pioneering and leading sector-agnostic venture capital firm. Founded in 2009, East Ventures has transformed into a holistic platform that provides multi-stage investments, from Seed to Growth stage investments, for over 300 tech companies across Southeast Asia. As an early believer in the startup ecosystem in Indonesia and the most active investor in Southeast Asia, East Ventures is an early backer of prominent tech companies in the region, such as Tokopedia, Traveloka, Ruangguru, ShopBack, Waresix, Xendit, IDN, Sociolla, Fore Coffee (IDX: FORE), Tech in Asia (acquired by SPH), Kudo (acquired by Grab), Loket (acquired by Gojek), and MokaPOS (acquired by Gojek). East Ventures was named the most consistent top-performing VC fund globally by Preqin and the most active investor in SEA and Indonesia by various media. Moreover, East Ventures is Indonesia's first venture capital firm to sign the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), supported by the United Nations (UN). East Ventures is committed to achieving sustainable development and positively impacting society through its initiatives and ESG-embedded practices.
East Ventures Contacts
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Luthfi Prasetya
Co-Head of Legal
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Takanori Oshiba
Fellow
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Avina Sugiarto
Partner
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Batara Eto
Co-founder and Managing Partner
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Italo Gani
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Takanori Oshiba invest in?
Takanori Oshiba invests primarily in Women's, Apps and Consulting startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Takanori Oshiba last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Takanori Oshiba closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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